From the outside, it might look like a jumble of random boulders scattered across a hill—but step a little closer and you’ll find yourself walking through an ancient, rocky time capsule. Welcome to Stone Garden in Padalarang, West Java—a surreal limestone landscape perched high above the city, right beside the mysterious Goa Pawon, a cave that once housed prehistoric humans.
You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s just another quaint Tudor house on a cobbled English street—wooden beams, leaning windows, and a heavy oak door that looks like it has witnessed a few centuries. But this half-timbered cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon isn’t just old—it’s iconic. This is the house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564. And today, it stands as one of the most lovingly preserved literary relics in the world.
Tucked into the pulsing heart of Bangkok, Thailand’s sprawling capital, lies a shopping experience that’s less "retail therapy" and more full-blown treasure hunt. Welcome to **Chatuchak Market** — a weekend bazaar so vast, so chaotic, and so endlessly entertaining, it makes your average shopping mall feel like a sleepy library.